Sunday, March 13, 2011

Fallacy Friday: The Ubiquitous Ad Hominem | MandM

Brian Auten has teamed up with Matthew Flannagan to produce a series of podcasts/blog articles enumerating and describing logical fallacies and things about logic in general. This last Friday Matthew Flannagan covered "Ad Hominem" arguments. He did a great job on the program and gave good examples also. Ad Hominem arguments are what one uses when they have no other argument of value.  Follow the link to get the podcast and blog post.

Fallacy Friday: The Ubiquitous Ad Hominem | MandM
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 13, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    Ad Hominem arguments are what one uses when they have no other argument of value.

    Oops. I guess you heard what you wanted to hear and still don't understand what an ad hominem is.

    An ad hominem (Latin: "to the man"), short for argumentum ad hominem, is an attempt to link the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the opponent advocating the premise.

    -- ad hominem: West's Encyclopedia of American Law.

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  2. mmcelhaneyMarch 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    It's called a fallacy because you aren't supposed to use them if you intend to make any sense in making a point logically.

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